ADmiral3
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Safe.
That's all that I ever wanted to be. Safe, and comfortable. Maybe with a nice view. Hopefully someplace less humid, I hate it when the air feels thick. And I was NOT going to go to another Unfounded Zone. I'd learned my lesson about exploring the Unfounded Zones a long time ago. So safe, comfortable, dry, civilized, and with a nice view. And I guess some girls would be nice, too. You can never go wrong with girls.
Well almost never.
I let out a deep sigh of exhaustion as I looked out ahead of me, watching through the window as the deeply forested landscape rushed past. It felt like I had been moving for years now, when in reality it had probably only been a few weeks. Either way it was all about to be over. My rapid escape from the Core Planets was almost at an end. All I had to do was get to the end of this railway, and a shack with my name on it would be waiting, along with a fresh change of clothes. I thanked my contact in my head for setting this all up for me, it would've been impossible for me to find somewhere so discreet otherwise. The end of the line was a sort of camp ground for the locals. Of course it was no Unfounded Zone, as it actually had solar power running everything, including toilets, and the food generation posts. But it was quiet enough for me. Leaving my Skycruiser behind made me nervous, but there was no way they would've let me keep it on site, and the tall dark trees were too closely clustered together to afford any room for parking. Hopefully I wouldn't need it.
As the Railcar lurched to a stop, and the buzz of the engines died down, an image appeared on the holopod on the small desk in front of my seat. It was a fuzzy blue image of the captain from the shoulders up, and he took off his hat and spoke rather officially, "Thank you for riding with Planar Transport, we have now reached the end of the rails! Welcome to camp Absturz! We hope to see you again, and have a Transportastic trip!"
With that, the image fizzled out, and all of the seat belts in the vehicle unstrapped simultaneous with a cacophony of clicks. I rolled my shoulders, glad to be able to move my upper torso again. While I understood that the extra restraint was necessary for traveling at speeds over 200 miles per hour, I wish they could've found a more comfortable way to do it. I stood up and walked off of the Railcar, squeezing past the families reaching for luggage. Taking a quick scope of the area, I was filled with a sense of awe. The trees here reached higher than any of the saplings that had been planted in the Core Cities, and they were thick enough around that I could hide behind them with ease. The soft dirt road was obviously well trodden, but dirt all the same. Smiling, I walked down the path to explore the local terrain.
They'd never find me here.
Safe.
That's all that I ever wanted to be. Safe, and comfortable. Maybe with a nice view. Hopefully someplace less humid, I hate it when the air feels thick. And I was NOT going to go to another Unfounded Zone. I'd learned my lesson about exploring the Unfounded Zones a long time ago. So safe, comfortable, dry, civilized, and with a nice view. And I guess some girls would be nice, too. You can never go wrong with girls.
Well almost never.
I let out a deep sigh of exhaustion as I looked out ahead of me, watching through the window as the deeply forested landscape rushed past. It felt like I had been moving for years now, when in reality it had probably only been a few weeks. Either way it was all about to be over. My rapid escape from the Core Planets was almost at an end. All I had to do was get to the end of this railway, and a shack with my name on it would be waiting, along with a fresh change of clothes. I thanked my contact in my head for setting this all up for me, it would've been impossible for me to find somewhere so discreet otherwise. The end of the line was a sort of camp ground for the locals. Of course it was no Unfounded Zone, as it actually had solar power running everything, including toilets, and the food generation posts. But it was quiet enough for me. Leaving my Skycruiser behind made me nervous, but there was no way they would've let me keep it on site, and the tall dark trees were too closely clustered together to afford any room for parking. Hopefully I wouldn't need it.
As the Railcar lurched to a stop, and the buzz of the engines died down, an image appeared on the holopod on the small desk in front of my seat. It was a fuzzy blue image of the captain from the shoulders up, and he took off his hat and spoke rather officially, "Thank you for riding with Planar Transport, we have now reached the end of the rails! Welcome to camp Absturz! We hope to see you again, and have a Transportastic trip!"
With that, the image fizzled out, and all of the seat belts in the vehicle unstrapped simultaneous with a cacophony of clicks. I rolled my shoulders, glad to be able to move my upper torso again. While I understood that the extra restraint was necessary for traveling at speeds over 200 miles per hour, I wish they could've found a more comfortable way to do it. I stood up and walked off of the Railcar, squeezing past the families reaching for luggage. Taking a quick scope of the area, I was filled with a sense of awe. The trees here reached higher than any of the saplings that had been planted in the Core Cities, and they were thick enough around that I could hide behind them with ease. The soft dirt road was obviously well trodden, but dirt all the same. Smiling, I walked down the path to explore the local terrain.
They'd never find me here.